The love cry of the traveling man goes   No one knows who I am   But I'm as priceless as a brass ring   That's losing the heat from your hand      A quiet man sits quietly, learning his lesson   The slow smooth wheel of disintegration      You don't want them to talk to you   No you don't want to take part   You say, "Just get me back to the leper colony   'Cause that's where you left my heart"      I feel time pass by like a joy, no medicine can preserve   Somewhere along the line, I lost my nerve      Maybe I'm almost there   Maybe I'm almost there   And maybe I'm almost there   Maybe I'm almost there      Give me the keys to your theme park   Bury me under your layer of snow   And watch me ride all the rides   Around and around I go      I don't know if I've reached the bottom yet   And I don't know if the ice has finally begun to set   I feel time pass like a joy, I tried so hard to relearn   But somewhere along the line, I passed the point of no return      Maybe I'm almost there   Maybe I'm almost there   Yeah, maybe, maybe I'm almost there   Maybe I'm almost there      The love cry of the traveling man goes   No one knows who I am   But I'm as priceless as a brass ring   That lost the heat from your hand